Here's a few of the cooler "tiki-related" finds I've come across in the last few months. Just got a new camera, so finally got some time to post.
BOT...little chunk out of the cover, but got it for next to nothing. Now when people want to know more about tiki, I've got a loaner book.
Original Don's coconut mug. Ironically enough, I found this within 2 days of the new mug release.
Some old japanese floats.
One of the cooler rattan piece's I've found in a while. Has a nice modern feel to it. I refinished everything but the feet. The only problem is that the shelves are about half an inch short of holding records standing straight up.
This is my favorite recent find. An old sawfish rostrum. It measures about 24" long. I'm not quite sure of the exact species.

My wife and I spent the last 2 weeks in the Northwest, Oregon and Northern Calif. Finding Hawaiian and Tiki items in that part of the US is difficult. We found a few mugs, Islander, volcano bowl, and Hawaiian cottage, large Japan float, and some stirring sticks from Hawaii. Also a couple of odds and ends. It was a lot of fun.

On 2010-10-21 05:25, HelveTiki wrote:Probably a copy of "premio Moai" as a souvenir...?

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Looks the same to me.

Hmmmm....Really?
other than they are both Moais carved from wood, I see virtually nothing that is same between the two.

To my eyes, those two look as different from each other as these mugs do...

To quantify my opinion, I'll provide some observations on the different pieces.
Here's my list of what looks different between the two carvings:
1. The backs of the heads. One carver used a curved line, while the other used two straight lines meeting to form an obtuse angle.
2. The concave on the backs are opposite of each other. One curves inward, the other curves outward
3.Chest line is parallel to the jaw line on one, they're at an angle on the other.
4. The high ridge line on the face extends to the nose and lips on one, it ends before that on the other one
5. The way the neck forms to the chest on the award one is done totally different from the other. Top one- the shoulder line is horizontal, while the other is askew.
6. Arms-One has the arms at the back of the torso and they are well defined, the other is in the middle of the torso and carved with no detail
7. The cheeks next to the noses are different: One straight and parallel to the nose, the other is curved to the nose.
8. Ear goes to the top of the head on one, the other is below the top of the head.
9.top of the nose line is parallel to the ear on one, it's at a 45angle on the other
10. The nose curves on one and forms an arc to the forehead, while the other is a continous flat line.

However, they both have glue on them, so based on that fact alone, I'm going to say that both of those pictures are of the EXACT SAME TIKI!

On to my finds...
Here are some trinkets that used to be owned by King Kamahemehaha himself:
A sandstone HIP tiki with the tag

Two Coco jOe's tikis

A Hawaii themed yearbook from some jrsr High school between Glandale and Pasedena:
I looked at the school's current site and it looks like that school is there so that Glendale and Pasadena can keep their API scores a little higher.

To quantify my opinion, I'll provide some observations on the different pieces.
Here's my list of what looks different between the two carvings:
1. The backs of the heads. One carver used a curved line, while the other used two straight lines meeting to form an obtuse angle.
2. The concave on the backs are opposite of each other. One curves inward, the other curves outward
3.Chest line is parallel to the jaw line on one, they're at an angle on the other.
4. The high ridge line on the face extends to the nose and lips on one, it ends before that on the other one
5. The way the neck forms to the chest on the award one is done totally different from the other. Top one- the shoulder line is horizontal, while the other is askew.
6. Arms-One has the arms at the back of the torso and they are well defined, the other is in the middle of the torso and carved with no detail
7. The cheeks next to the noses are different: One straight and parallel to the nose, the other is curved to the nose.
8. Ear goes to the top of the head on one, the other is below the top of the head.
9.top of the nose line is parallel to the ear on one, it's at a 45angle on the other
10. The nose curves on one and forms an arc to the forehead, while the other is a continous flat line.

However, they both have glue on them, so based on that fact alone, I'm going to say that both of those pictures are of the EXACT SAME TIKI!

I meant not exactly the same ... only that it is quite similar, or may have the same origin, maybe.
who knows how many of those were ever carved.
a friend of mine has bought one too and that one looks slightly different.